Vitomir
Vitomir (Polish: Witomir, Serbian: Витомир) – is an old given name of Slavic origin.
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | vito ("to rule") + mir ("peace, world, prestige") |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Witomir |
| Nickname(s) | Vito, Miro, Mirek, Vitek |
| Related names | Mirovit, Mirowit |
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The word is derived from two Proto-Slavic elements: vito which means "to rule" and mir which means "peace, world, prestige". The vit has also been found in the name of the Slavic deity Svetovit.
Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nicknames include Vito, Miro, Mirek, Vitek.
The name may refer to:
- Vojvoda Vitomir (1380), Serbian military commander
- Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski, a Polish pilot and a gifted writer of many articles and poems
- Vito Dimitrijević, a Yugoslavian former professional footballer
- Vitomir Lukić, a Bosnian-Croat prose writer and pedagogue
- Vitomir "Vito" Nikolić, a Montenegrin poet and journalist
- Vitomir Vutov, a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper
- Vitomir Prodanov – Patriarch Vikentije, the fourth Partriach of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church
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